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“In Haven, old houses didn’t settle. They carried a life of their own, and Blackwater farm was no exception. This was a house that would never be a home. The best they could hope for would be to co-exist with the ghosts of the past.
- The Silent Twin”
― Caroline Mitchell, The Silent Twin

tags: crime-thriller, thrillers, thrillers-mystery

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“Abigail ... His heart ached for his little girl, and the loss of his family drove like a blade through his heart. His head jerked up as the creak of a timber echoed overhead. If only they hadn’t come to this god-forsaken place.”
― Caroline Mitchell, The Silent Twin

tags: crime-thriller, mystery-suspense

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#3

“The first draft of anything is shit.”
― Ernest Hemingway

tags: attributed-no-source, writing

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#4

“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: sin

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#5

“I recalled telling my daughter on many occasions that if she did not pick up her dirty clothes, they would walk to the wash basket themselves. I had not counted on dinner plates taking on a life of their own as well.”
― Caroline Mitchell, Paranormal Intruder

tags: true-paranormal

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#6

“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
― Anton Chekhov

tags: broken-glass, glass, moon, moonshine, show-don-t-tell, writing

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#7

“I knew we were not alone, but there was something in the air, something good and pure that reassured me. It’s a beautiful energy, and has been with me ever since.”
― Caroline Mitchell, Paranormal Intruder

tags: energy, life-after-death, true-ghost-story

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#8

“It is my greatest wish that victims of paranormal attack are treated with the respect and compassion they deserve, and that by writing this book, it will encourage others to come forward and share their stories also.”
― Caroline Mitchell, Paranormal Intruder

tags: paranormal-intruder, poltergeist, supernatural

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#9

“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
― Franz Kafka

tags: honesty, truth-telling, writing

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#10

“Soon he would be able to touch her, to feel the warmth of her blood. When the time came, nothing would stop him.”
― Caroline Mitchell, Don't Turn Around

tags: crime-thriller, mystery, supernatural-crime

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#11

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

tags: writing

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#12

“Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.”
― Neil Gaiman

tags: writing

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#13

“Jennifer can no longer ignore the personal connection. Is there a copycat killer at work? Was the wrong man convicted? Or is there something more sinister at play …”
― Caroline Mitchell, Don't Turn Around

tags: crime-fiction, supernatrual-thriller, supernatural-crime

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#14

“You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid's burnt socks lying in the road.”
― Richard Price

tags: writing

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#15

“Smiles were rare in this house. Smiles had to be bought and paid for.”
― Caroline Mitchell, Don't Turn Around

tags: psychological-thriller, thriller

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#16

“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

tags: fiction, money, on-writing, virgin, women, writing

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#17

“As for literary criticism in general: I have long felt that any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel or a play or a poem is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae or a banana split.”
― kurt Vonnegut, Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage

tags: bad-reviews, critics, literary-criticism, reviewers, writing

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#18

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: better-life-empathy

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#19

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: reading

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“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

tags: freedom, women, writing

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#21

“She knelt down, her breath stinking of cigarettes and alcohol. It was his mother’s signature aroma.”
― Caroline Mitchell, Don't Turn Around

tags: crime-thriller

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#22

“The best way of keeping a low profile was to immerse himself in the mundane. Act like them, talk like them. A smile, a joke was all it took - at least during the day. The night was his own.”
― Caroline Mitchell, Don't Turn Around

tags: fiction-novel, serial-killer, thriller

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#23

“Their attention was focused on the strange kid who wore black eyeliner and dressed as if every day was a funeral.”
― Caroline Mitchell, Don't Turn Around

tags: crime-thriller, police-procedure, thriller

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#24

“In many cases when a reader puts a story aside because it 'got boring,' the boredom arose because the writer grew enchanted with his powers of description and lost sight of his priority, which is to keep the ball rolling.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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#25

“Olivia was a quiet child, but her lack of response was uncharacteristic. She stared at her mother with wide, frightened eyes, her mouth open, a hollow cave devoid of words. Something was wrong. Very wrong.”
― Caroline Mitchell, The Silent Twin

tags: mystery-thriller

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#26

“A shocking ultimatum is issued; choose the victim or it defaults to someone you hold dear. And she has just minutes to decide. As each crime becomes more brutal, she is forced to play devil’s advocate as she chooses the next target.”
― Caroline Mitchell, Witness

tags: psychological-abuse, psychological-thriller

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#27

“Sometimes you have to go on when you don't feel like it, and sometimes you're doing good work when it feels like all you're managing is to shovel shit from a sitting position.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

tags: on-writing

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“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

tags: writing

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#29

“Words create sentences; sentences create paragraphs; sometimes paragraphs quicken and begin to breathe.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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#30

“Fact: A psychopath is born every 47 seconds.”
― Kent A. Kiehl, The Psychopath Whisperer: The Science of Those Without Conscience

tags: psychopaths

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